we start with the "kansas city star." home sales are up 20% in kansas city. that reflects a national trend of a slowly improving housing market. nationwide home prices rose from 4% to 6% in august from 2011, the biggest year-over-year change since 2006. that's great news because the housing market goes up from the ground up. the economy's going to turn around for the better. the "usa today," willie? >> new analysis from a british head cal journal finds at least 170,000 cases of skin cancer linked to indoor tanning. >> oh, dear lord. >> wow! >> hey, willie, we've got some anchors we need to warn. >> that is bad news for a lot of people. let's move right along. the results suggest indoor tanning is responsible for about 5% of non-melanoma skin cancers, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the u.s. >> i don't know what you guys are laughing about. >>> "the wall street journal," for the first time since 2008, beer sales are on the rise. shipments rose nearly 2% in the first eight months of 2012. draft beer sales are up 12%. willie, i think it's cute, sam stein s